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Every dollar invested in early learning yields an eight fold return.
Of the children who arrive at kindergarten cognitively behind their peers, over 85% are still behind by the 4th grade.
Everyone who qualifies for SNAP food vouchers and public housing are automatically eligible for child care services.
The cost of child care in NYC increases by an average of $1,612 each year.
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A child of color is twice as likely to be born into poverty as a white child in the U.S.
1 in 5
American children are born into poverty.
Early education programs increase children's cognitive potential.
61% of mothers with children under 3 are fully employed.
In New York State, it costs nearly twice as much to have an infant in full-time center-based care as in-state college tuition.
40% of new mothers return to work within 3 months of giving birth because they have to, not because they want to.
NYC's 2016 budget has $8 million less for child care services than the 2015 budget.
There is only 1 seat available for every 8 children who qualify for EarlyLearn NYC.
96% of eligible infants and toddlers do NOT receive child care services due to lack of funding.
Only 3% of eligible children (0-3 years) are enrolled in Early Head Start and quality child care programs.
The economic cost of childhood poverty is as high as $500 billion a year - 4% of the U.S. GDP.
The U.S. ranks 26th out of 29 countries in child well-being.
NY’s child care providers have dropped 28% in capacity in three years as a result of lack of funding.
Due to a series of budget cuts, NYC has eliminated nearly 10,000 low-income vouchers since 2008.